The Band for Dummies

Running time: 16'25”

Production: IT 2016

Vittorio Antonacci’s film is a warm story filled with humour and music, about a travelling band. We observe the musicians’ behaviour while on the road, their nomadic ways, customs, unorthodox ideas, and hierarchy that exists within the group. The protagonists compete against other bands when visiting a variety of festivals. Their true purpose in life is music and sharing it with others.

Authors:

  • Vittorio Antonacci

    Vittorio Antonacci was born in Taranto on the 2nd of June 1986. He studies cinema at the Tor Vergata University of Rome and at the Accademia di Cinema e Televisione Griffith. In 2010 he shot the short movie “L'ultimo incontro” and a year after he won the Best Director Prize at the Rome 48H Film Project 2011 with “Il buco nell'acqua.” In 2013 he cooperated with the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano for the documentary “La vita è un treno.” With a group of filmmakers, the Libero Arbitrio, he makes videoclips, commercials, and he's now working on “Atto di Fede,” a trilogy on the religious festivities in southern Italy. The first chapter of this last project is the short documentary “Come Sopravvivere alla Banda,” an “on-the-road” backstage of a brass band.

    Come Sopravvivere alla Banda (2016)
    Roma, la cucina svelata (2015)
    La domenica storta (2014)  
    Zè Vicienze (2014)
    Il buco nell'acqua (2011)
    L'ultimo incontro (2010)
    Questo  non è il film della mia vita (2007)

     

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